If I keep my thighs parallel with the floor, my knees extend over my toes. If I keep my back straight, my thighs don’t stay parallel to the floor. If I keep my knees from extending over my toes, nothing does what it’s supposed to.

It’s like workout whack-a-mole.

Doing lunges is even worse. I look like someone trying to fake her way through a sobriety test in the wee hours of a stereotypical New Year’s morning.

Such is the lot in life for the massively uncoordinated. Normally, I’d just shrug and accept that I would never do squats or lunges perfectly, and would your knees extending over your toes be the worst thing to happen, anyway?

But form is important–so is not falling over. After all, if you don’t do exercises correctly, you can hurt yourself. No one wants that. Sometimes you just have to suck it up (or in, as it were) and do it til you get it right.

It’s probably a core thing, right? It seems like it might be a core thing. Pretty much everything is a core thing.

A Journey of Many Miles

Welcome to my variation on sanity.

My name is Amanda Stonebarger. I'm a writer/geek who is trying to get in shape. This is pretty much a giant, amorphous blob of me trying to become a better writer and a healthier person as I mark each milestone (or "mile-Stonebarger"--see what I did there? It's a pun with my last name.).

For The Mile Project, I keep track of how many miles I run/walk/go and add in various thoughts, adventures, and lessons. Check back every week to see how the journey is going!

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